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-UNITED STATES Patented June 14, 1904.

PATENT OEEICE.

GASPAR REISCH, OF PCS, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHANN BCKER, OF PECS, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.

COMBINATION TABLE', BED, WASHSTAND, 61.0.

SPECIFICATION .forming part of Letters Patent No. 762,600, dated June 14, 1904.

Applica@ ined August 16,1902.

T0 all whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, GASPAR RETsoH, a subject of the Emperor of Austria-Hungary, residing at Fees, in the Empire of Austria- Hungary, have invented a new and useful Combination Table, Bed, Washstand, &c., of which the following is a specification.

The subject of my invention is a piece of furniture which when in closed condition presents the appearance of an ordinary writing-table, but which can be opened up for use as bed, washstand, dining-table, and copyingpress. The construction is such that writing-table, bed, washstand, and copying-press can be employed simultaneously.

My invention is illustrated by the annexed drawings, in which some of the methods of employing the piece of furniture are shown.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the piece of furniture employed as writing-table. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the piece of furniture, the top being drawn out, admitting of the apparatus being employed as writing-table and bed. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the piece of furniture adapted for use as washstand, thev top being, moreover, so disposed that the apparatus can also be employed as dining-table. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section corresponding to Fig. 2, showing the wire mattress in extended condition. Fig. 5 is a detail view, being a section of the front portion of the pressdrawer on the line 4 4 of Fig. l.

(l is a supplementary top for writing purposes, hinged at b to the top a of the table, so that it can be turned over.

c c are eccentrics working on pins c. They can be turned by hand into the highest or lowest position, as desired, so as to support the supplementary top Z at a suitable angle. When not required, the eccentrics, with their pins, can be simply drawn out. The supplementary top d can, on removal of the eccentrics c, be laid upon the top a, or it can, on the pintles of the'hinges being drawn out, be wholly removed.

When the piece of furniture is to be used as dining-table, the top d must be turned on its hinges b through about one hundred and eighty degrees, so that it makes a level surseriai No. 119.977. (No miei.)

face with the top a and the two lateral barsff, which are pivoted at f to the topv d, then used as legs or supports, Fig. 3.

For the purpose of increasing the area of the surface of the table the top Z is drawn out 0E the wings or straps g of the hinges 7) 55 these straps being prolonged, so as to form bars passing through the top CZ. The intermediate space which is thus caused is filled up by a suitable board, or instead of the latter a stool /t (likewise provided with a place in 6o the piece of furniture) may be suspended in the space to serve as seat for a child.

In Fig. 2 the top o is drawn out in front and supported on the legs e, so that the bedstead'z' is exposed. In this figure the arrange- 65 ment of the washbasin r can also be seen` in retired position. The top d, if set in the dotted-line position, may be employed as drawing-board. The stool It is employed for adjusting and supporting it, as shown, or 7o instead of the stool /1 any other suitable object may he employed as support, or the top (l may be drawn wholly from off the straps g, turned through an angle of one hundred and eighty degrees, and then pushed onto the straps again, so that the bars fgf when turned on their pivots f -rest on the top a and support the top (l. The stool may also be used for adjusting the height of the washbasin r, being so set as to carry the basin on SO its side or its end, as desired.

If the washstand is to be used, the door at the back of the apparatus must be opened, the boards or extensions m aconnected by the hinges l and in closed condition lying one 8 5 upon the other, drawn out, and the slab a raised into a vertical position,vFig. 3, and the water-reservoir@ raised, if required, by drawing out the bar o from the board a. 1n this manner the washstand can be adjusted in height as required. The reservoir p exactly fits the basin r when the apparatus is closed.

'u represents brackets for carrying the sloppail w.

Fig. 4 shows how the bed is used. The end 95 table.

thc levers f; turned over on their pins e' from the dottedline into the full-line position, whereby the wire mattress u is stretched and the length of the bed considerably increased. It is obvious that the usual bedding can be laid upon the mattress u. The beddingmay ordinarily be kept in the space z'. y

A drawer in front of the writing-table serves for the copying-press. The copying-book is placed between the rigid partition or wall and the parallel wall y, which can be advanced toward the former by the screw q for the purpose of pressing the book lying between then two. The screw g, as Fig. shows, is an ordinary copying-press screw secured to the wall 1/ in well-known manner and working in the front of the drawer. Its head is shown as square, so that it may be turned by a key.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A piece of furniture having the external form of a writing-table with a sliding top (t, hinges having straps g, secured to the said top, a supplementary top (Z through which the said straps pass, so that it can be turned over to form a plane extension of said top a, a bed exposed on drawing forward said top ci, and a draw-out washstand located below said bed, substantially as` described. t

2. A piece of furniture having the external form of a writing-table with a siiding top (it, hinges I) having straps g, secured to the said top, a supplementary top d through which the said straps pass, so that it can bc turned over to form a plane extension of said top a,

form of a writing-table with a sliding top fn hinges 7) having' straps g, secured to the said top, a supplementary top d through which the said straps pass, so that it can be turned over to form a plane extension of said top a, a chamber e' exposed on drawing forward said top a, hinged lever mechanism t located within said. chamber and capable of being opened out, and a wire mattress secured to said mechanism and to the opposite end of the chamber, and two draw-out extensions m a hinged together, located below said bed, a washbasin supported .by the lower extension m, and a water-reservoir carried by the upper extension n, all substantially as described.

4. A piece of furniture having the external form of a writing-table with a sliding top i hinges having' straps g, secured to the said top, a supplementary top Z through which the said straps pass, so that it can' be turned over to form a plane extension of said top a, a chamber e' exposed on drawing forward said top a, hinged lever mechanism t located within said chamber and capable of being' opened out, and a wire mattress secured to said mechanism t and to the opposite end of the chamber, and two draw-out extensions m a hinged together, located below said bed, a

washbasin supported by the lower extension m, and a water-reservoir carried by the upper extension a, and a drawer in the writingtable, two plates located within said drawer adapted to receivea copying-book between them, and a screw for actuating the movable plate from the outside of the drawer, all substantially as described.

1n testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

. GASPAR REISCH. Witnesses:

Louis VNDORY, NORMAN W. WILLEY. 

